Running guest Ubuntu OS as a development server

Hi Damian,
Use the 'ifconfig' command in the Ubuntu console to find the ip address assigned to the server installation and then enter that address in your host's browser. If apache is working properly you should get the default 'It works!' page.

If you'd rather refer to your server by a name while developing on it, add a line to your '/etc/hosts' file on your mac. It should look something like:
<IP address> <name of ubuntu server>

for example, mine is:
10.211.55.11 lisa

Then I can type 'http://lisa' into my mac's browser to get the 'It works!' page.

Hope that helps
 
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